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Originally Posted by Martin Lubojacky
Hi Iain,
The head of upper spear (not the shape, but the style of surface - flat section followed by a rib) shows a likeness to another Indian spear called Ballam (again from the book by Tirri). Also the "silver" ring on the third spear is not, I think, typically African as well as the style of divinding of the second spearhead.
Regards,
Martin
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Hi Martin,
Thanks for the help.
Another friend has also been helping with some ideas.
1. I didn't think Indian spears had a shoe like this one? It seemed typical of African work to me?
2. This double head looks like it should in fact be from Ethiopia and a ceremonial/parade item. You can see similarity in the head shapes with Ethiopian and Somali spears - and there are other double headed spears from Ethiopia
3. This is probably Madagascar? The style is very close to other Madagascar spears.